Every film on Horrorsight has a Horror DNA profile. It captures what kind of horror it is, what makes it scary, and how intensely it expresses key qualities — so you can find exactly what you are in the mood for.
The eight broad families of horror. Most films belong to one or two.
Ghosts, hauntings, possession, demons, and the afterlife
Subgenres
Slashers, serial killers, home invasion, and human antagonists
Subgenres
Body horror, monsters, aliens, infection, and physical transformation
Fear flavours
Paranoia, identity breakdown, gaslighting, and unreliable reality
Subgenres
Folk horror, cults, pagan ritual, and rural dread
Subgenres
Fear flavours
Surreal, cosmic, dreamlike, and experimental horror
Fear flavours
Horror comedy, camp, gateway horror, and crowd-pleasers
Subgenres
Fear flavours
Splatter, torture, exploitation, and endurance horror
Subgenres
Fear flavours
The emotional texture of the horror — what the film actually makes you feel.
Seven dimensions capture how much a film leans into specific horror qualities, each on a 0–10 scale.
Other ideas like body horror, supernatural, and jump scares are better captured as subgenres, fear flavours, or content signals rather than standalone dimensions.
From cozy spooky to ruin-your-night.
Content signals are based on available structured metadata and are not a complete content-warning system. We use confidence-aware language like "signals" rather than absolute claims. A missing signal does not mean a film is safe for all audiences.
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